Lessons Amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics - Brossura

Libro 3 di 5: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology

Pfatteicher, Sarah K. A.

 
9780801897207: Lessons Amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics
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ISBN 10: 0801897203 ISBN 13: 9780801897207
Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2010

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The aftermath of September 11, 2001, brought the subject of engineering-failure forensics to public attention as had no previous catastrophe. In keeping with the engineering profession's long tradition of building a positive future out of disasters, Lessons amid the Rubble uses the collapse of the World Trade Center towers to explore the nature and future of engineering education in the United States.

Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher draws on historical and current practice in engineering design, construction, and curricula to discuss how engineers should conceive, organize, and execute a search for the reasons behind the failure of man-made structures. Her survey traces the analytical journey engineers take after a disaster and discusses the technical, social, and moral implications of their work. After providing an overview of the investigations into the collapse of the Twin Towers, Pfatteicher explores six related events to reveal deceptively simple lessons about the engineering enterprise, each of which embodies an ethical dilemma at the heart of the profession. In tying these themes together, Pfatteicher highlights issues of professionalism and professional identity infused in engineering education and encourages an explicit, direct conversation about their meaning.

Sophisticated and engagingly written, this volume combines history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy to provoke a deep discussion about the symbolic meaning of buildings and other structures and the nature of engineering.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher is a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an assistant dean in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Editore
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0801897203
ISBN 13 
9780801897207
Rilegatura
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Numero di pagine
186
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ISBN 10:  080189719X ISBN 13:  9780801897191
Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2010
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